Psychology: Dictionaries

Psychology covers the whole span of human activity from childhood development, to the study of the elusive concept of consciousness to disorders, such as those based around anxiety, mood and eating. The scientific study of psychology also requires an understanding of research methods and conceptual issues. The Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Psychology addresses all these issues and more, and is a core reference for any student of psychology.

Contains approximately 2,000 terms covering the origination, development, and evolution of various psychological concepts.

This book will be of equal value to anyone working in the fields of brain injury, mental health or related fields. It is a handbook of references, terms and abbreviations related to neuroanatomy, psychology, medicine and their experiments and therapies, as well as dipping in and out of statistical processes and their meanings.

Psychology: The Key Concepts is a comprehensive overview of 200 concepts central to a solid understanding of Psychology and includes the latest recommendations from the British Psychology Society (BPS).

Appendixes: Biographical entries; Institutional and organizational entries; Psychological test and assesment instrument entries; Psychotherapy and psychotherapeutic approach entries.

This work tries to explain the meaning of dreams by listing dream symbols in alphabetical order. Good preface on dream symbolism. Index included.